A Brief History of Seven Killings

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by Marlon James

Jamaica, 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley’s house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught.

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Description

From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters – slum kids, one-night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunmen, journalists, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century

Additional information

Book Condition

Used – Good

Cover

Paperback

Size

Length: 690 pages

Published

June 4, 2015 by Oneworld
First published October 2, 2014

Genre

Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Awards

Booker Prize (2015), American Book Award (2015),
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (2015),
PEN Open Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2015),
OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for Fiction (2015),
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2014),
Green Carnation Prize (2015),
Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2015),
Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story (2015),
Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2016)